Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Witherup, William
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Witherup, William, 1935-
Other form(s) of name
- William Witherup
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Description area
Dates of existence
1935-
History
William Witherup is a poet, playwright and performance artist. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Richland, Washington. He writes to Merton from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and living in a cabin in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. He has published a number of volumes of poetry. His poetry has focused on labor, environmentalism, and his father's working-class life in the nuclear industry. (Source: "William Witherup." Contemporary Authors Online. 2002. Literature Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Bellarmine University Lib., Louisville, Kentucky. 15 Sep. 2006 ‹http://galenet.galegroup.com›.)